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Oklahoma Online Magazine about Lifestyle, Culture, Entertainment, and EventsTue, 26 May 2020 23:48:30 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.14Mother Road Market reopens with patio reservations, new social distancing protocols starting May 22ndhttp://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature1/mother-road-market-reopens-with-patio-reservations-new-social-distancing-protocols-starting-may-22nd/
http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature1/mother-road-market-reopens-with-patio-reservations-new-social-distancing-protocols-starting-may-22nd/#respondThu, 21 May 2020 18:07:56 +0000http://www.ionok.com/?p=71854Tulsa’s BEST patio will reopen with a new online reservation system and contactless ordering and payment, designed to keep staff and diners safe and healthy

Tulsa, OK – May 20, 2020 – Just in time to celebrate the unofficial start of summer, Mother Road Market is open for patio dining with a new online reservation system and contactless ordering and payment, designed to keep guests and staff safe and healthy. As a leader in the food service industry and non-profit community, Mother Road Market strives to be a model for innovation and supporting local entrepreneurs, while balancing the importance of public health during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“When our doors closed March 17, Mother Road Market and Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation, the nonprofit founder of Mother Road Market, prioritized merchant revenue generation over our own financial and environmental sustainability goals. Mother Road Market has not charged merchants rent since February and our team spent the last 9 weeks searching for innovative ways to provide the community centered guest experience that Tulsa has grown to love while simultaneously keeping our staff, merchants and guests as safe as possible. I am really excited to test our new contactless system!” said Elizabeth Ellison, Founder of Mother Road Market and President & CEO of Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation.

Mother Road Market is excited to announce a partnership with Tap Tap Eat, a food technology startup out of Edmond, to test a new concept that consolidates online reservations and tableside ordering and service for a mostly contact-free, socially distanced dining experience. Safety requirements including answering a short health declaration and the wearing of masks and gloves for staff, and masks for diners when not seated will be enforced to keep diners, staff and merchants safe. Other new health and safety protocols include keeping the interior of Mother Road Market closed to the public, spacing tables 8 feet apart and time for increased sanitization and cleaning between reservations.

Guests can go now to www.motherroadmarket.com/reservations to secure a reservation for lunch or dinner service for as early as Friday, May 22. Curbside / To Go ordering will still be available for those not quite ready to dine on the patio.

“We are excited to reach our loyal and new customers with the partial reopening of the Mother Road Market,” said Samantha Cooper, Owner of Big Dipper Creamery. “This is a great chance for us to bring our staff back to work and start regaining financial stability during the pandemic. We’ve got a lot of seasonal ice creams that we can’t wait to share when we welcome our friends back on the patio!”

“The concentration of businesses within Mother Road Market presented a unique challenge for Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation. Although each individual MRM business was classified as an “essential worker”, the combined number of workers in the space exceeded sixty people. Moreover, each individual shop is 320 square feet which made employee social distancing impossible. Instead of risking our MRM family’s health, we set out to find a new way to serve the community while supporting the financial goals of our merchants during the restaurant shut down due to COVID-19,” said Elizabeth Ellison, President & CEO of Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation. “We prioritized paying our Mother Road Market employees throughout the closure and we launched a fund to support displaced industry workers throughout Tulsa whose employers couldn’t retain them. I am proud of the support we offered our community, the innovation our team exemplified in reaching this solution and I am eager to return to serving Tulsans on the BEST patio in town!”

Patio service begins Friday, May 22 and hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Sunday May 24. After this opening weekend, new hours of operation will be Tuesday-Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Food will be available from &Tacos, Andolinis, Big Dipper Creamery, Bodhi’s Bowl, Chicken and the Wolf, Howdy Burger, Metropolis Regional Street Food, Nice Guys Shrimp Shack, Radish, Umami Fries and in the Kitchen 66 Takeover Cafe: Union Jacked Tulsa and in the NEW Kitchen 66 Landmark Food Truck (on the patio): Nom & Spice. For more information, please visit www.motherroadmarket.com/reservations and please follow us on Facebook/Instagram at @motherroadmarket.

ABOUT MOTHER ROAD MARKET: Mother Road Market, a nonprofit development of the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation, is housed on historic Route 66 in the 1939 Scrivner-Stevens Grocery building. Mother Road Market is a vibrant community space, allowing Tulsans and tourists alike to eat, sip, shop and enjoy over 20 different business concepts, all under one roof. Customers are also able to browse specialty gift items in our retail store options. The WEL Bar offers a full bar, plus coffee offerings throughout the day. Kitchen 66, Tulsa’s kickstart kitchen and program of Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation, is housed at Mother Road Market and also operates the Kitchen 66 Takeover Cafe and Kitchen 66 General Store. Mother Road Market features a demonstration kitchen for cooking classes, indoor and outdoor seating areas with views of downtown Tulsa, nine holes of Mother Road Mini Golf, rentable event spaces and children’s play areas. Entrepreneurs have the opportunity to use the 320 square foot small shop model to pilot test their latest concepts without the burdensome financial investment of opening a full-scale restaurant or retail space. Learn more by clicking here.

]]>http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature1/mother-road-market-reopens-with-patio-reservations-new-social-distancing-protocols-starting-may-22nd/feed/0Anna’s House Foundation Provides Laptops For Children In Foster Care.http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature1/annas-house-foundation-provides-laptops-for-children-in-foster-care/
http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature1/annas-house-foundation-provides-laptops-for-children-in-foster-care/#respondWed, 29 Apr 2020 15:52:43 +0000http://www.ionok.com/?p=71847With schools closed down and distance learning in full swing, many foster homes struggle to provide the technology necessary to stay on track. Anna’s House Foundation, a 501c3 foster care organization, recently provided 40 new laptops to children in their foster homes.

]]>Oklahoma City, OK. April 23, 2020- With schools closed down and distance learning in full swing, many foster homes struggle to provide the technology necessary to stay on track. Anna’s House Foundation, a 501c3 foster care organization, recently provided 40 new laptops to children in their foster homes.

“Several of our families were spending 4-6 hours a day doing tele-visits with biological families, video counseling, and video speech therapy in addition to their school lessons,” said Executive Director Katherine Craig. “For homes with multiple children and a single home computer, it becomes near impossible to meet each child’s needs.”

Over 7,800 children are in foster care in the state of Oklahoma. Many children enter foster care with educational delays, making distance learning even more important.

Anna’s House currently serves 63 families and 109 children in the Oklahoma City area. Their mission is to provide support for families caring for children in foster care through their contract with Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

At the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, the AHF Board of Directors met to discuss the impact this shutdown would have on children in foster care. After listening to the needs of the families, they decided to immediately release funding to cover the purchase of up to 60 brand new laptops for their families. The decision was met with much joy and relief from foster parents.

Ashley Miller, one of Anna’s House foster parents says, “Before getting these computers, we were struggling with getting school work done because I only had my work computer. As a teacher, I’m constantly doing my work. So now, my boys are able to work as I’m working and actually enjoying it! They are also able to do their visits and counseling sessions which is so helpful!”

About Anna’s House Foundation:

The Anna’s House Foundation is a foster care agency providing immediate, stable, loving homes to children in Oklahoma state custody. It offers a future of hope and faith to foster children and foster families by providing housing, support, training and resources in a Christian setting. The goal of AHF is to recruit and support Christian families who open their homes at a moment’s notice to give immediate shelter, comfort and love to the most vulnerable among us. AHF strives to provide the highest level of care in Oklahoma County and contingent counties.

]]>http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature1/annas-house-foundation-provides-laptops-for-children-in-foster-care/feed/0The Best Movies On Netflix Right Now, Rankedhttp://www.ionok.com/homepage-spinner/the-best-movies-on-netflix-right-now-ranked/
http://www.ionok.com/homepage-spinner/the-best-movies-on-netflix-right-now-ranked/#respondThu, 09 Apr 2020 21:37:21 +0000http://www.ionok.com/?p=71834The Netflix name has meant many things, including the best shows not on TV. And while there are some glaring omissions in their selection of good movies, there’s still plenty to peruse. Read more…

]]>http://www.ionok.com/homepage-spinner/the-best-movies-on-netflix-right-now-ranked/feed/0Scissortail Streamshttp://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature2/scissortail-streams/
http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature2/scissortail-streams/#respondThu, 09 Apr 2020 21:32:18 +0000http://www.ionok.com/?p=71830This week’s featured Oklahoma artist is singer/songwriter Stephen Salewon.
Check out Episode 3 of Scissortail Streams on Friday, April 10 at 7pm.
Each week, we’re filming free online music performances to help local artists and introducing people to different locations in Scissortail Park. Videos are filmed privately to maintain social distancing guidelines.
The concerts are

Check out Episode 3 of Scissortail Streams on Friday, April 10 at 7pm.

Each week, we’re filming free online music performances to help local artists and introducing people to different locations in Scissortail Park. Videos are filmed privately to maintain social distancing guidelines.

]]>http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature2/scissortail-streams/feed/0SMO Oceanarium Live!http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature2/smo-oceanarium-live/
http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature2/smo-oceanarium-live/#respondThu, 09 Apr 2020 21:28:36 +0000http://www.ionok.com/?p=71826Join us live at the Oceanarium Wednesday, April 15th at 10:00 AM central time (virtually!) for a conversation with Isaac, our Oceanarium caretaker, and exhibit technician! 🐠 🐟
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This is a live #SMOatHome event only available online. Science Museum Oklahoma is temporarily closed to the public in response to COVID-19. Learn more: www.sciencemuseumok.org/covid-19

]]>Join us live at the Oceanarium Wednesday, April 15th at 10:00 AM central time (virtually!) for a conversation with Isaac, our Oceanarium caretaker, and exhibit technician!
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This is a live #SMOatHome event only available online. Science Museum Oklahoma is temporarily closed to the public in response to COVID-19. Learn more: www.sciencemuseumok.org/covid-19

]]>http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature2/smo-oceanarium-live/feed/0Recipes for Spring 2020http://www.ionok.com/homepage-spinner/spring-recipes/
http://www.ionok.com/homepage-spinner/spring-recipes/#respondThu, 09 Apr 2020 21:22:53 +0000http://www.ionok.com/?p=71822Looking for ways to use all the fresh produce springing up? We’ve got over 750 trusted spring recipes to help you eat up the season’s bounty. Read more…

]]>http://www.ionok.com/homepage-spinner/spring-recipes/feed/0Follow These 10 Steps to a Magnificent Gardenhttp://www.ionok.com/homepage-spinner/follow-these-10-steps-to-a-magnificent-garden/
http://www.ionok.com/homepage-spinner/follow-these-10-steps-to-a-magnificent-garden/#respondThu, 09 Apr 2020 21:19:16 +0000http://www.ionok.com/?p=71818We’ve broken down the process of starting a garden into 10 easy steps so it’s easy for you to dig into your first gardening adventure. Read more…

]]>http://www.ionok.com/homepage-spinner/follow-these-10-steps-to-a-magnificent-garden/feed/0Continuous Concert Streamhttp://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature2/continuous-concert-stream/
http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature2/continuous-concert-stream/#respondThu, 09 Apr 2020 21:15:16 +0000http://www.ionok.com/?p=71812A continuous stream of live concert video from hundreds of shows featured on nugs.tv over the years. CLICK HERE
Upcoming shows can be found here.

]]>http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature2/continuous-concert-stream/feed/0Live Stream! on the Plazahttp://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature1/71806/
http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature1/71806/#respondThu, 09 Apr 2020 20:59:08 +0000http://www.ionok.com/?p=71806The Plaza District is raising money to support retail and restaurant employees whose incomes are directly affected by COVID-19.
The Plaza Support Fund aims to raise $16,000, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to workers in the district. The fundraiser will culminate in an event on Friday, April 10, from 6-8pm, with the Plaza

]]>The Plaza District is raising money to support retail and restaurant employees whose incomes are directly affected by COVID-19.

The Plaza Support Fund aims to raise $16,000, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to workers in the district. The fundraiser will culminate in an event on Friday, April 10, from 6-8pm, with the Plaza District hosting a live stream via Facebook Live to replace the normal second Friday event, LIVE! on the Plaza.

]]>http://www.ionok.com/homepage-feature1/71806/feed/012 Tips for Finding More Morel Mushrooms This Springhttp://www.ionok.com/homepage-spinner/12-tips-for-finding-more-morel-mushrooms-this-spring/
http://www.ionok.com/homepage-spinner/12-tips-for-finding-more-morel-mushrooms-this-spring/#respondThu, 09 Apr 2020 20:54:50 +0000http://www.ionok.com/?p=71803Morel mushrooms remain a mystery to researchers and foragers alike. Where and why they grow is often the subject of woods-lore. But one thing is certain, there are conditions that cause morels to flush in the spring more than any other time of year. Read more…

]]>Morel mushrooms remain a mystery to researchers and foragers alike. Where and why they grow is often the subject of woods-lore. But one thing is certain, there are conditions that cause morels to flush in the spring more than any other time of year. Read more…